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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






2. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






3. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






4. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






5. Technique of shading using dots to control value






6. Renowned for paintings and prints






7. Known for his glass sculpture






8. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






9. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






10. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






11. The amount of light reflected by a hue






12. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






13. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






14. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






15. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






16. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






17. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






18. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






19. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






20. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






21. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






22. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






23. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






24. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






25. Creates blue dye






26. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






27. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






28. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






29. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






30. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






31. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






32. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






33. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






34. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






35. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






36. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






37. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






38. Pale green






39. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






40. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






41. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






42. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






43. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






44. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






45. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






46. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






47. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






48. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






49. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






50. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)